Metallic-door seam



EDJJARD Cl'. EAHNEB, OF LAPORTE, NDEANA.

METALLC-DOOB SRAM.

Application filed December 7, 1921. Serial No. 520,481..

fo @ZZ whom t may conce/m: the stiles and rails taken on line 2-2 of Beit irnoivn that l, llniviinn il. Zinnen, Figure l. a itizen of thelUnited States, residing' at Figure 3 is a vertical detail sectionalView Laporte, inthe county of Laporte and fatato through one of thecorners of the door, 60 5 of Indiana, have invented certain new andtaken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

useful improvements in Metallic-Door Referring to the drawings, thenumerals Seains, of nfhich the lfollo Jing)v is a specifil and 2designate the stiles of the door, and cation, 3 and Ll the top andbottom rails off the door.

The invention relates to metallic doors, fhe stiles l and 2 arepreferably U-shaped 65 l and has its object to provide in coininhorizontal cross section and have their hination With metallic doorseani .filling flanges 5 inwardly disposed and adjacent so shaped thatit will be heid against break# the ends 6 of the rails Il, and in thesame age and displacement (hiring-- the slamming vertical plane as therails l and il, but or j ari'inn; oit tho door, thereby preventingslightly spaced from the ends thereot there- 70 i5 inarrinp or damage tothe linish ot the door. by forming a vertically disposed space ha ilfurther object is to provide a metallic tween the adjacent ends oi thenanges 5 (loof Comprisingg-tlles 'Substantially l)- and the rails torthe reception ol? cement shaped in horizontal cross section and hav- 8.llt has lJGGIl fOUlCl that if' Provision l5 ingitheir flangesertendinp'toward each othnot made for holding` the cement in the 75 erand slightly spaced from the endg of spaces 7, that the cement isdislodged incillaiiges of rails, thereby forming a seam dent to theslamming or jarring; oi' the door, space for the reception of cement andto and consequently the high finish on the door, provide verticallydisposed channels disat its joint, is marred, andthe door rendered posedWithin the stiles and having;` their unsightly. rlo prevent dlslodgnlentOf the 8O flanges in registra-tion with the seams and oeinent 8, and atthe saine time secure the provided with ically disposed channels Stilesl and 2 to the rails 3 and el, U-shaped lll-@llinghg seams, therebyforming a pocket channel ineinbers 9 are placed Within the for thereception of cement which will be stiles and with Jtheir flangesextending inlarger than Vthe seam and Will prevent the Wardly and inregistration with the spaces g5 cement Within the seam from la ont- 7,said flanges being` designated by the num- Wardly. .also to so constructthe Stiles and erals l0. The flanges l0 are provided with rails thateasy access may be had for t inwardly struck vertically7 disposed ribsli, Welding,i the flanges ot the channels to die which form verticallydisposed `grooves 12, flanges or the stiles and rails. ivhich arch thespaces 7 from points spaced 9o Also to so construct the stiles and rails'from the sides of the spaces, thereby toria that easy access may be hadto Weld the ing an enlarged vertical disposed pocket for panel inoldingto the panel, thereby alloivthe reception 01"' the body portion 13 ofthe ing` the ruiter joints of the molding` to be ceinent 8, which bodyportion, on account ot started together on the inside, thereby obitbeing larger and Wider than the spaces "i, 95 40 viali-ing the necessityof cleaning and shapprevents the cement 8 in the spaces 'T 'from ing thejoint Which is noiv connnon practice falling outwardly or beingdislodged inciin metallic door construction. dent to arring or slamming;of the door.

With the above and other objects in View After the cement 8 and theenlarged por-- the invention resides in the combina-tion. and tion l?)thereoiI is in place, the seam is l0() arrangementot parts ashereinafter set cleaned. and the door thenenaineled or otherforth, shownin the dra-Wings, described and Wise linished The flanges l0 o'l' thechan claimed, it being; understood that Changes nel 'meinbers 9 arepreferably spot Welded in the precise embodiment of the invention at tothe anges 5 of the stiles l and 2 may be made Within the scope oi' whatis and to the rails l, thereby providing rigid 105 5o claimed Withoutdeparting;` Jfrom the spirit struct-ure. It will be seen that access mayof the invention. be easily had to the interior of the rails 4: In thedraivingrand 3, and to the stiles l and 2 for spot Figure l is a `frontelevation of the meta-L Welding purposes. By so constructing the licdoor. door the door may be easily assembled, and 110 Fioure 2 is ahorizontal sectional view also quickly assembled. ln a door soconthrough one of the Joints between one oli strncted the miter jointsl5 may be soldered -on the inside thereby joining the molding 16 in sucha. manner that it will not be necessary to finish the outside joints ofthe miters and that the panels 17 may be spot welded as at 18 to themolding 16. rlhe molding 1G may be secured within the door in anysuitable manner, however for purposes of illustration the panel has beenshown as sup* ported by the moldings engaging the edges of the flanges 5of the stiles l and 2, and the rails 3 and l, as clearly shown in Figure3.

From the above it will be seen that a metallic door is provided, whichis simple in construction and which may be easily and quickly assembled,access being had easily to all parts thereof to spot weld the panelmolding to the panel, which is particularly of great advantage inpermitting` the miter joints of the panel molding to be solderedtogether on the inside by applying a ilusable wire along the joints andapplying a gas flame.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is:m

l. metallic door comprising stiles U- shaped in horizontal cross sectionand having their flanges extending toward each other, rails adjacent theends of the stiles and having their ends adjacent the inner edges oi theflanges of the Stiles, U-shaped channel members disposed within thestiles and between the 1rails, the flanges of said channel membersregistering with the seams formed between the stiles and the rails, saidflanges being provided with vertically disposed grooves arching theseams, thereby forming in connection with the spaces between the stilesand rails, chambers T- shaped in crosssection for the reception ofcement, said flanges of the channel members being secured to the stilesand rails.

2. rThe combination with a metallic door having seams formed at adjacentedges, of

a member arching the seam on the interior thereoil and of greater widththan the seam.I thereby Yforming a cement receiving chamber havinganenlarged inner side.

il. The combination with a metallic door having oppositely disposedseams formed by adjacent flanges, of means for securing said flangestogether and forming an enlarged inner portion to the seams for thereception oi' cement, said means comprising a member having Iflan ges inregistration with the seams and provided with vertically disposedgrooves arching the seams, said flanges being secured to the adjacentflanges forming the seam. j

Ll. The combination with a metallic closure for a building, said closurehaving a seam formed by spaced adjacent flanges, of means for forming asubstantially T-shaped cement receiving chamber at the seam, sail meanscomprising a member secured to the spaced flanges and provided with agroove arching the adjacent edges of the flanges.

5. lThe combination with a metallic building closure formed frommetallicmembers between which members cement seams are formed, of meanswhereby said seams may be formed with inwardly disposed enlargements,thereby preventing dislodgment of the cement.

6. rlhe combination with a metallic building closure Vformed fromadjacent metallic members between which 'members a cement seam isformed, of means whereby said ceent seam will be prevented from displacement, said means comprising lmeans disposed adjacent the seam andforming a pocket whereby an inwardly disposed enlargement will be formedintegrally with the cement between the adj acentmetallic members.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

` EDWARD J. alarmen.

